Special Report
This Is the County in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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There have been 85,673,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Johnson City metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 62,128 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 30,875 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 26,186 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Johnson City is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Johnson City metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Washington County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 39,919 confirmed infections in Washington County, or 31,419 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Washington County than they are across all of the Johnson City area, however. There have been a total of 394 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Washington County, compared to 466 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Johnson City metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 26, 2022.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Washington County, TN | 31,419 | 39,919 | 394 | 500 |
2 | Carter County, TN | 29,971 | 16,901 | 603 | 340 |
3 | Unicoi County, TN | 29,854 | 5,308 | 546 | 97 |
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